Affiliated organisations

The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society is a membership organisation, open to all kinds of writer. The ALCS collects money due to members for secondary uses of their work. These include such things as photocopying, cable retransmission in the UK and overseas, digital reproduction and educational recording.

As a Member or an Associate of the SoA, you are entitled to FREE membership of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society.

ALCS members who have not already joined the SoA are entitled to 15 months' SoA membership for the price of 12. Please contact John Scott, Membership Co-ordinator at the ALCS, for the application code when applying.

Your Society of Authors card can be used to support your application fora Reader Pass for the British Library.

Friends of British Library

You can also receive up to £10 off the membership fee of becoming a friend of the British Library. SoA members will receive £10 off if signing up by Direct Debit or £5 off if paying by any other method.

The Crime Writers’ Association aims to promote the crime genre and to support professional writers. The CWA has been providing social and professional support for its members for more than half a century, as well as running the prestigious Dagger Awards.

Members and Associates of the SoA are entitled to a 20% discount on joining the CWA.

Members of the CWA, who have not already joined the SoA, are now entitled to 15 months' SoA membership for the price of 12. Please contact the CWA Membership Secretary at membership@thecwa.co.uk for the application code to quote when applying.

As a SoA Member or Associate, you are entitled to a 25% discount on membership of the HWA. To take advantage of this offer, please sign in to the members' area.

Members of the HWA, who have not already joined the SoA, are entitled to 15 months' SoA membership for the price of 12. Please contact Tony Riches at tony.riches@btinternet.com for the application code to quote when applying.

Members and Associates of the Society are entitled to a 10% discount on annual membership of the IACCW. Please sign in to the members' area for more information.

If you are already an IACCW member and not yet a SoA member, you are entitled to 15 months' membership for the price of 12 on joining the SoA. For the relevant discount code, please contact info@iaccw.com.

Founded in 1841, the London Library is one of the UK’s leading literary institutions and the world’s largest independent lending library.

The London Library is offering SoA Members and Associates 12 months' membership of the Library for the price of 11, a saving of £41 (offer open to new members only). For more information, please sign in to the members' area.

The NUJ is the voice for journalists and journalism. It is an active, campaigning organisation seeking to improve the pay and conditions of members and working to protect and promote media freedom, professionalism and ethical standards in all media.

Members of the NUJ, who have not already joined the SoA, are entitled to 15 months' SoA membership for the price of 12.

The Journalists' Local Authority Directory is a resource providing access to data and contact details held by local government authorities. Access is restricted but SoA members are allowed to make use of it. Sign in and return to this page to view the URL and login details.

The OWPG are the only UK-based association of media professionals working largely or entirely on outdoor subjects.

SoA Members and Associates are entitled to a 20% discount off their first full year of membership to the OWPG. Membership criteria apply. Please sign in to our members' area for more details.

Members of the OWPG, who have not already joined the SoA, are entitled to 15 months' membership for the price of 12 on their first year's membership. Please go to the 'Facilities and Discounts' section of their website to find out how.

The Romantic Novelists’ Association was formed in 1960 to promote romantic fiction and to encourage good writing, and now represents more than 700 writers, agents, editors and other publishing professionals.

Members and Associates of the Society are entitled to a 20% discount on on their first year's Full or Associate membership of the RNA. To take advantage of this offer, please sign in to the members' areafor a code.

Members of RNA, who have not yet joined the SoA, are entitled to 15 months' SoA membership for the price of 12 when joining. Please contact the Membership Officer, Linda Hooper, at info@romanticnovelistsassociation.org for the application code to quote when applying.

The Royal Society of Literature has been nurturing, celebrating and defending all that is best in British literature, past and present, since 1820.

Members and associates of the SoA are entitled to a 20% discount when joining the RSL. To take advantage of this offer, please sign in to the members' area for further details.

The Journalists' Local Authority Directory is a resource providing access to data and contact details held by local government authorities. Access is restricted but SoA members are allowed to make use of it. You can do so by visiting the page and entering the usernameSOA181 and password up6e8uYg. If these details do not work, please contact us.